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Training Your Retriever for Double Duty
If you own a waterfowl dog, chances are that sooner or later you're going to ask it to perform upland duty. It might be a pheasant hunt as a sideline to your Dakota duck hunt, or maybe an afternoon of quail hunting after a morning goose hunt. Most retrievers handle their second job pretty well. You can help your dog perform that job even better.
Once Bitten...
Re-transmitted/published with permission of Covey Rise magazine. Copyright 2008. This article appeared in Covey Rise Magazine in summer of 2007.
Retriever Corner
There are many schools of thought regarding progression with yard basics. In this article I will address my personal schedule aimed specifically at the T pattern drill I use in developing skills needed for swim-by work and beginning cold blind work.